Vermillion Flycatcher
(female)
White-crowned Sparrow
Curve-billed Thrasher
(Who's a pretty boy?)
Ladder-backed Woodpcker
Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Paton's House
(Still open to public, now run by Audubon Society)
Gambel's Quail
DAY 4
I headed out early to visit San Pedro House and its
surroundings. As it was Saturday I expected it to be very busy. Naturally, just
after sunrise it was quiet and I followed the trail arriving back at the house
two hours later to find only two cars.
Guess where the river is?
San Pedro House
Summer Tanager
Yellow-breasted Chat
A fabulous mixture of habitats, great birds and not many
people! Wilson ’s
Warblers were everywhere. Yellow W, Townsend’s W and Common Yellowthroat were
common but not in the same numbers as Wilson ’s.
There was very little water in the river but two of the pools were full of
stagnant water and the course of the river was lined with huge Cottonwood Trees
sowing there was some water a little way underground. The rest of the area was
flat open desert/mesquite. I headed back out for a second circuit and was
rewarded with new birds but it got very hot near lunchtime. (There were also
far too many people about … six cars in the car park.)
Townsend's Warbler
Bell's Vireo
Common Ground Dove
Loggerhead Shrike
Mourning Dove
Lark Sparrow
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Tanager
The site guide suggested similar habitats at Hereford Bridge
was a nice shaded spot
and no cars ;-) .
Blue Grosbeak
Help
Empidonax
Western Wood-Pewee
Green Heron
My final stop was at the Water Treatment Plant. This was
amazing, special facilities for birders. Road signs indicate places suitable
for birding (brown squares with white binoculars).
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